Volume 11: Part 3- Trebyer: Introduction

Part 3

Trebyer

Introduction

Established in 1835, Trebyer is the capital city of Dolore, as well as its first and longest lasting settlement.  Once a center for business, Trebyer is now a center for culture and education in Dolore.  The city's three and a half million people also make Trebyer Dolore's largest city.

Dolore University, established in 1869, is the oldest and most revered university in Dolore.  Many of Dolore's most prominent businessmen went to the Dolore University Business School.  Dolore University also has a well regarded liberal arts program, churning out some of the most influential people in the Dolorian art scene.  Despite its high academic acclaim, Dolore University has also received criticism for its lack of racial diversity.  Of its nearly 43,000 students, only 18% are opfer.  While there are many prominent alumni and faculty that are opfer, most prominently Professor Laurence Butler, Dr. Andrew Furcal, and Professor Steven Raynola, the lack of diversity among Dolore University students is seen as a chronic problem that is not being addressed.

Among the people in Trebyers's art scene, one of the most well known and highly regarded is Fray Ortiz.  Art aficionados have identified three distinct phases of Ortiz's artistic career.  The first phase consisted of oil based paintings depicting the evens of the 2002 Northland Opfer Massacre.  These paintings are described as grotesque and haunting while accurately capturing the horror of that massacre.  Ortiz's second phase consists of photographs showing the presence of International League troops inside Trebyer.  These pictures, originally taken as a part of Ortiz's day job as a journalist, showed the true influence the International League troops.  Insisted of having the desired effect of solving racial problems, Ortiz's work showed the problems were being pushed underground but were nonetheless present.  The third phase of Fray Ortiz's career is still ongoing and is still being discussed and analyzed inside academia.  The wise discussion about this phase of Ortiz's career is perpetuated by the fact that Ortiz is no longer doing interviews where he discusses his pieces.  The current status of this phase and of Fray Ortiz himself is unknown in light of the situation currently going on in Dolore.

Being the capital of Dolore, Trebyer is host to the Dolorian Congress.  The part time bicameral legislature meets beginning in January with its sessions wrapping up in March.  There are occasional special sessions of the legislature held at different points in the year, but the last special session was held in August 2003.  That special session dealt with the Northland Opfer Massacre that has occurred the previous year, as well as the incoming peacekeepers from the International League.

Vince Fielding, reporter VNBS